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<p>
      To install Boost.Build from an official release or a nightly build, as
      available on the <a href="http://boost.org/boost-build2" target="_top">official web site</a>,
      follow these steps:
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          Unpack the release. On the command line, go to the root of the
          unpacked tree.
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          Run either <span class="command"><strong>.\bootstrap.bat</strong></span> (on Windows), or
          <span class="command"><strong>./bootstrap.sh</strong></span> (on other operating systems).
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          Run 
          <pre class="screen">./b2 install --prefix=<em class="replaceable"><code>PREFIX</code></em></pre>
          where <em class="replaceable"><code>PREFIX</code></em> is a directory where you
          want Boost.Build to be installed.
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          Optionally, add <code class="filename"><em class="replaceable"><code>PREFIX</code></em>/bin</code>
          to your <code class="envar">PATH</code> environment variable.
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<p>If you are not using a Boost.Build package, but rather the version
    bundled with the Boost C++ Libraries, the above commands should be run
    in the <code class="filename">tools/build/v2</code> directory.</p>
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      Now that Boost.Build is installed, you can try some of the examples. Copy
      <code class="filename"><em class="replaceable"><code>PREFIX</code></em>/share/boost-build/examples/hello</code>
      to a different directory, then change to that directory and run:
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<pre class="screen"><code class="filename"><em class="replaceable"><code>PREFIX</code></em>/bin/b2</code></pre>
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      A simple executable should be built.
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